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Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Reversible Mary's

Reversible
dresses are so much fun! Two looks in one
dress, I mean, it’s just one of those things every seamstress should try! We have a couple of patterns written to be
reversible, like Martha’s and Jillian's.

Mary’s
is another pattern that can be made reversible with just a few tweaks of the
original pattern. And it’s totally
cute!

https://youtu.be/lewztA0tl3k

Fun, right! Here’s my little’s one in her reversible
Mary’s.

Ok,
so first things first, you’ll need Mary’s Vintage Dress and Top. You can buy the Girls or Baby versions here:

For the bodice, you’ll have 4 main bodices instead of 2 main and 2
lining.

No armhole facing needed.

You will cut 2 complete skirts, so if the pattern says cut 2, you will
cut 4 (2 of each skirt fabric).

If adding the scallops: divide the length listed for the scallop by
2. Add .25” or so (this will give you
more room when sewing the scallops).
This is your new length for the scallop pieces. Keep the original width.

oYou will have a total of 4
scallop pieces. 2 for one side and 2 for
the other.

OK! Let’s get started!

Here’s what my cutting pile
looks like:

If you are not adding scallops, skip
to Step 3.

Step 1: Take the scallop pieces and
the skirt pieces and place them right sides together. You will have a front and back skirt/scallop
for Combo A and Combo B (4 total).

Step 2: Press the seam allowance up
and topstitch or add trim at this time.

Step 3: Place combo A front and
back skirt pieces together and sew the side seams together as shown here. Repeat with Combo B. You now have a skirt
loop for Combo A and Combo B.

Step 4: Turn one skirt inside out
and place it right sides together with the other skirt.You may want to pin the skirts together at
the bottom so they do not shift.

*For a simple hemmed skirt, you can go
ahead and sew around the bottom of the skirts here with the right sides
together and skip to Step 7.

Step 5: Trace the scallops on the
wrong side of the fabric. Sew the
scallops as directed in the pattern.

Step 6: Clip the scallop curves as
directed in the pattern.

Step 7: Turn the skirt right sides
out now. Press the bottom hem or
scallops if you added them so they are nice and crisp.

Step 8:Now we are going to sew our arm curves right sides together. The skirt is
wrong sides together, so we will just fold the arm curve sections together.
Here is a short video to show you how I did this. Then you can clip the curves
and turn them right sides out again.

https://youtu.be/qwLD481OKi4

Step 9: Press well and topstitch
under the arm curve.

Now you can follow the
pattern for constructing the bodice and attaching the bodice to the dress so
that the seams are enclosed.